| 单词 | crevice |
| 释义 | crevice (once / 1349 pages) n A crevice is a long, tight space often found on the face of a mountain or other geological formation. A crevice can be large or small, but because it is usually hard reach, it is a great hiding place for all things like reptiles, bugs, and lost climbers. The word crevice often refers to a natural formation, but it can be used to describe any long, narrow space that’s hard to access. If you’ve lost something you might say, “I’m going to look in every crack and crevice,” to describe the search. Chances are you’ll find that lost item in the long narrow space — the crevice — between the cushions of your sofa, along with other things you didn't even know were missing! WORD FAMILYcrevice: crevices USAGE EXAMPLESNocturnal, solitary and sedentary, tarantulas live concealed in wooded burrows and tree crevices in tropical and subtropical climates. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) As adults, they live alone in crevices or burrows and will attack other crabs that try to enter. Reuters(Nov 23, 2016) A second company, Spokane, Washington-based Crevice Mining Group, is seeking permission to explore for gold near Jardine, just over Yellowstone’s northern boundary. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1n a long narrow opening Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper cleft, crack, fissure, scissure Denali Fault a major open geological fault in Alaska San Andreas Faulta major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes chap a crack in a lip caused usually by cold chinka narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall crevassea deep fissure fatigue cracka crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other rifta narrow fissure in rock slita narrow fissure splita lengthwise crack in wood vent, volcanoa fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt inclined faulta geological fault in which one side is above the other strike-slip faulta geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally gap, opening an open or empty space in or between things 2n a long narrow depression in a surface Syn|Hyper chap, crack, cranny, fissure depression, impression, imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
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